New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 49

49 Provision of enrolment information to parties, members and candidates

(1) Registered parties The Electoral Commissioner must provide to each registered party, free of charge, a list specifying enrolled persons and their particulars--

(a) once every 4 years, and

(b) as soon as practicable after the redistribution of New South Wales into districts, and

(c) on receiving a request from the registered officer of the party, and

(d) at such other times as the Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate.

(2) Members of Council The Electoral Commissioner must provide to each member of the Council, free of charge, a list specifying enrolled persons and their particulars--

(a) once every 4 years, and

(b) as soon as practicable after the redistribution of New South Wales into districts, and

(c) on receiving a request from the member but not more than once each year, and

(d) at such other times as the Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate.

(3) Members of Assembly The Electoral Commissioner must provide to each member of the Assembly, free of charge, a list specifying enrolled persons and their particulars for the district for which the member was elected--

(a) once every 4 years, and

(b) as soon as practicable after the redistribution of New South Wales into districts, and

(c) on receiving a request from the member but not more than once each year, and

(d) at such other times as the Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate.

(4) On a redistribution of New South Wales into districts, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to each member of the Assembly, free of charge--

(a) a list specifying enrolled persons for the district for which the member was elected, and

(b) a list specifying enrolled persons for the district whose name and area are published under section 29 and that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, most resembles the district for which the member was elected,

and their particulars--

(c) as soon as practicable after the redistribution, and

(d) on receiving a request from the member but not more than once each year.

(5) At the request of a member of the Assembly but not more than 6 times each year, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to the member, free of charge--

(a) a list specifying persons whose enrolled addresses were in the district represented by the member immediately before a list was last provided under this subsection but are no longer in that district, and

(b) a list specifying persons whose enrolled addresses were not in the district represented by the member immediately before a list was last provided under this subsection but are now in that district,

and their particulars.

(6) Candidates for Council At the request of any candidate for a periodic Council election, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to the candidate, free of charge, a list of electors and their particulars in a form determined by the Commissioner.

(7) Candidates for Assembly At the request of any candidate for an Assembly general election or by-election, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to the candidate, free of charge, a list of electors for the district for which the candidate is seeking election and their particulars in a form determined by the Commissioner.

(8) The Electoral Commissioner is taken to have provided a member or candidate who is a member of a registered party with the list of electors and particulars required by this section if the Electoral Commissioner has provided the required list and particulars to the member or candidate's registered party in accordance with subsection (1) (a) or (b).

(9) Nothing in subsection (8) prevents a member or candidate who is a member of a registered party requesting a list of electors and particulars be provided directly to the member or candidate under subsection (2) (c), (3) (c), (6) or (7).

(10) A member or candidate who is a member of a registered party, when making a request for a list of electors and particulars under this section, may request that the list and particulars be provided to that registered party for forwarding to the member or candidate.